Premier League football is back this weekend following the flashing lights and bright colours of the international break.

And while our love for the national team has grown in recent months – thanks to that whirlwind summer romance in Russia – we’re still not overly keen on our fantasy football fun being put on hold so early on in the season.

Still, it’s full-steam ahead for the next few weeks, which means it’s time to think long and hard about your Dream Team line-up.

Two very big fantasy football favourites have returned to the daily grind with weekend-ruining injuries.

Spurs duo Hugo Lloris and Dele Alli – who are always rather popular picks and have been selected by 5.3% and 9.4% of you respectively this season – are both out for the clash against Liverpool at Wembley.

But don’t worry, because we’ve picked out some ready-made replacements for you.

Fantasy football: Hugo Lloris replacements

Let’s start with Spurs’ World Cup-winning goalkeeper, who’s had a particularly bad couple of weeks recently.

The Frenchman was fined £50,000 and banned from driving for 20 months after admitting to drink-driving earlier this week, while it looks like he’ll be out of action for ‘several weeks’ with a nasty thigh injury that kept him out of Spurs’ last game against Watford, as well as both of France’s games during the international break.

So if you’re one of the 5.3% who currently have Lloris in your Dream Team, then perhaps you’ll want to replace him with Liverpool’s Alisson instead.

With Spurs missing Alli and possibly Son Heung-min, coupled with Harry Kane’s stuttering form at the moment, he’d fancy himself to pick up a clean-sheet against them this weekend (unless he attempts another Cruyff Turn, that is).

He’s currently boasting 24 points and is just £0.4m pricier than Lloris.

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